Testing a cycle of family violence model in conflict-affected, low-income countries: a qualitative study from Timor-Leste - Rees S, Thorpe R, Tol W, Fonseca M, Silove D.
The present study examines key aspects of an emerging cycle of violence model as applied to conflict-affected countries. We focus specifically on the roles of intimate partner violence (IPV), consequent experiences of explosive anger amongst women, and ass... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
The impact of violence against women on reproductive health and child mortality in Timor-Leste - Taft AJ, Powell RL, Watson LF.
OBJECTIVES: To determine differences in reproductive health and infant and child mortality and health between abused and non-abused ever-married women in Timor-Leste. METHODS: Secondary data analysis of Timor-Leste Demographic Health Survey (1,959 ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Domestic violence, marital control, and family planning, maternal, and birth outcomes in Timor-Leste - Meiksin R, Meekers D, Thompson S, Hagopian A, Mercer MA.
Patriarchal traditions and a history of armed conflict in Timor-Leste provide a context that facilitates violence against women. More than a third of ever-married Timorese women report physical and/or sexual domestic violence (DV) perpetrated by their most... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Water and Sanitation Report Card: Slow Progress, Inadequate Funding
A woman from Pune, Timor-Leste, collects water for her home. Credit: UN Photo/Martine PerretBy Tim BrewerLONDON, Nov 24 2014 (IPS)The Ebola crisis has thrown into sharp relief the issue of water, sanitation and hygiene in treating and caring for the sick. Dying patients are being taken to hospitals which never had enough water to maintain hygiene, and the epidemic has pushed the system to breaking point.Last week’s World Health Organisation report produced by UN Water, the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS), has provided a sobering picture of water and sanitation services so necessary...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tim Brewer Tags: Aid Development & Aid Environment Food & Agriculture Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & MDGs Water & Sanitation ActionAid ebola GLAAS Sustainable Develo Source Type: news
Effects of recurrent violence on post-traumatic stress disorder and severe distress in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: a 6-year longitudinal study - Silove D, Liddell B, Rees S, Chey T, Nickerson A, Tam N, Zwi AB, Brooks R, Sila LL, Steel Z.
We report results of a 6-year longitudinal study in post-conflict Timor-Leste assessing changes in mental h... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 18, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Nearly One-Third of World’s Population Is Overweight
Schools around the world, like this one in Melilla, Uruguay, are trying to introduce healthy eating habits to bring down rates of obesity and overweight. Credit: Victoria Rodríguez/IPSBy Farangis AbdurazokzodaWASHINGTON , May 31 2014 (IPS) Over two billion people – or 30 percent of the world’s population – are either obese or overweight, and no country has successfully reduced obesity rates to date, according to a new study published this week by the British medical journal, The Lancet.
The number of overweight and obese people increased from 857 million in 1980 to 2.1 billion in 2013, according to the resea...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 31, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Farangis Abdurazokzoda Tags: Development & Aid Featured Food & Agriculture Headlines Health Population Poverty & MDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations World Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Body Mass Index Michelle Obama obesity Overweight The Source Type: news
Recurrent violence linked to substantially higher rates of mental disorders in post-conflict communities
In the aftermath of war, communities who continue to experience repeated violence could have a major escalation in rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and severe distress, suggests new research. Investigators conducted a survey in 2004 to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders among 1022 adults in Timor Leste four years after the end of a long-running and violent war against Indonesian occupation, and again in 2010–11, following a period of prolonged internal conflict. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Timor-Leste becomes first Asia-Pacific country to launch UN's Zero Hunger Challenge
Timor-Leste, Asia-Pacific's youngest country, today became the region's first to launch a national campaign under the United Nations Zero Hunger Challenge, which seeks to ensure universal access to food in the face of looming threats such as climate change. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - January 9, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Unravelling Dili: The crisis of city and state in Timor-Leste - Moxham B, Carapic J.
This article argues that the... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Rethinking women's empowerment - Porter E.
This article examines how orthodox ideas of empowerment have changed for women living in contexts of insecurity. Drawing on fieldwork interviews on women, peace and security in Fiji, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste, the article reveals a range of culturally diff... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news
Achieving convergence between a community-based measure of explosive anger and a clinical interview for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste - Liddell B, Silove D, Tay K, Tam N, Nickerson A, Brooks R, Rees S, B Zwi A, Steel Z.
BACKGROUND: There is growing research interest in understanding and analyzing explosive forms of anger. General epidemiological studies have focused on the DSM-IV category of Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), while refugee and post-conflict research h... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Timor-Leste embarks on fish farming for food security
An aquaculture strategy in impoverished Timor-Leste could boost the country's economy. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - June 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
